Aviation Safety Inspector (Operations) Position Available In Orange, Florida

Aviion Safety Inspector (Operions) (General Aviion Principal Operions Inspector) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion Flight Standards Services, General Aviion Safety Assurance, Orlando FSDO (SOSD15) Summary The Principal Operions Inspector (POI) is responsible for applying knowledge of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulions (14 CFR) for the development and implemention of standards, programs, and procedures for Federal Aviion Administrion (FAA) field personnel and the public governing all mters to general aviion operions safety issues. The incumbent serves as the primary operions interface between assigned air carriers, air operors, air agencies, airmen, designees, and FAA. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/23/2025 to 05/13/2025 Salary $105,383 – $137,000 per year Salary cited is including locality payment of 17.06%. Pay scale & grade FG 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Orlando, FL Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less – The job may require up to 25% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential No Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Bargaining unit stus – This position is represented by

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Flight Standards Services. Announcement number

ASW-FS-25-BB202-94958

Control number 835674400 This job is open to Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency AVS wide to include AMA-200 Employees Duties RESPONSIBILITIESThe POI receives administrive direction from management in terms of broadly defined missions or functions. The POI, mostly independently plans, designs, and carries out programs, projects, studies, or other work. The APO provides policy assistance to field level Aviion Safety Inspectors (ASIs) on difficult or complex policy interpretions. The work is normally accepted without change. Completed work may be reviewed for adherence to FAA policy and for assurance th project requirements have been fulfilled. ASIs the FG-13 level issue certifices to and monitor (1) a large and complex aviion organizion or (2)a number of smaller organizions th, together, are comparable in complexity to one large one. They are the primary contact point with the aviion organizion(s). They may decide on issuance of the original certifices. They evalue and decide upon proposals to change the authorized programs of the organizions. They continuously monitor the activities of organizions to determine whether they are following their authorized program, Federal regulions, and good safety practices. FG-13 assignments are characterized by one or more of the following: 1.Multiengine turboprop, turbojet, or rotorcraft helicopter aircraft; 2. A variety of flight operions with diverse types of aircraft which may include turbine powered aircraft and unmanned aircraft; or 3. Novel and complex aviion operions. FG-13 employees plan and conduct their assignments with substantial technical independence. They receive administrive and policy guidance from their supervisors and policy makers. They also obtain technical advice from higher-level inspectors who are experts who have overall program responsibility. They independently plan and carry out a work program to meet the needs and monitor the activities of the organizions for which they have certificion responsibility. The scope and complexity of the work program may be such as to require the occasional assistance of other employees to conduct inspections and evalue operions. The POI applies a mastery knowledge level of the approprie specializion and a broad knowledge of the line of business mission and goals to assigned programs and areas of responsibility. The POI plans and directs the use of time and resources to accomplish organizional objectives. He or she defines, organizes, and uses resources to accomplish work activities within established schedules, analyzes program requirements and accomplishments, and makes or directs adjustments as necessary to address organizional needs. Guidelines and precedents are frequently inadeque for dealing with novel or complex operions. FG-13 employees understand and apply the basic principles of aviion safety and interpret the intent of the regulions. At FG-13, contacts are frequently with owners and top managers of aviion corporions and involve negotiing and resolving the full range of issues and problems th confront large aviion organizions. Occasionally issues are controversial, arousing considerable public interest. ASIs the FG-13 level participe extensively in the certificion inspection and surveillance of highly complex air carrier operions where principal program responsibility is vested in an aviion safety inspector of higher grade. These FG-13 employees have broad authority to negotie with carrier management and make technical determinions within the coverage of approved specificions and policy manuals. The POI provides guidance to field level staff to solve difficult technical issues. Resolves all but unique problems with the intervention of management or a technical specialist. Develop plans, techniques, and policies to address current and anticiped problems and issues. Works with management to solve problems. Contacts are internal and external to the agency. The inspector is required to maintain an FAA second class medical. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment US Citizenship is required. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents). Designed or Random Drug Testing required.

Security Requirement:

Modere Risk (5). This position requires completion and favorable adjudicion of a background investigion prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained. (Subject to a five-year period of reinvestigion). In-grade/downgrade applicions accepted. Qualificions OPM Qualificions Standard for Aviion Safety Series, FG-1825

Minimum Eligibility Requirements:

Not more than two separe incidents involving Federal aviion regulions violions in the last 5 years; Valid Ste driver’s license; Fluency in the English language; No chemical dependencies or drug abuse th could interfere with job performance; and High school diploma or equivalent Medical Requirements for

All Positions :

Applicants must be physically able to perform the duties of the Aviion Safety Inspector position in a safe and efficient manner, with or without a reasonable accommodion. The minimum medical requirements include the following requirements: Have good distant vision in each eye and be able to read, without strain, printed merials the size of typewritten characters (glasses and contact lenses permitted); Have the ability to hear the conversional voice (hearing aid permitted); and Not have any physical condition th would cause them to be a hazard to themselves or others th would interfere with their ability to fly as passengers in a variety of aircraft. In addition, applicants for positions th require participion in the operion of aircraft must: Possess a valid second-class medical certifice in accordance with FAA regulions; and Pass recurrent medical examinions as prescribed by the FAA When the predominant work involves general aviion operions , applicants for Aviion Safety Inspector (Operions) positions must meet all of the following requirements. Valid, unexpired Flight Instructor Certifice with single and multi-engine airplane and instrument airplane rings. Must have given a minimum of 200 hours of flight instruction in an aircraft. Professional flying skill as demonstred in a flight check to Commercial Pilot Certifice with an instrument ring; Possession of Airline Transport Pilot Certifice or Commercial Pilot Certifice with instrument airplane ring. Minimum of 100 flight hours within the last 3 years. Minimum of 1,500 total flight hours. Possession of single and multi-engine land airplane rings. Not more than 2 flying accidents in the last 5 years in which the applicant’s pilot error was involved. Possession of a valid second-class FAA medical certifice.

Note:

Recency of specialized experience is waived for current and former FAA employees in the 1825 series.

Certifices and Rings:

This position requires certifices and rings for minimum qualificion in the following specialty: General Aviion Operions; a copy of certifices and rings are required for ALL candides newly appointed to the FAA in the 1825 specialty of General Aviion Operions. Applicants must submit a copy of their certifices and rings unless they are currently occupying (or previously held) General Aviion (Operions) 1825 Series Position.

Specialized Experience:

To qualify for this position you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the (FV-H, FG/GS-12) level. Specialized experience is experience th has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience includes:

Experience assisting, conducting, or performing various technical functions reled to certificion, surveillance, investigion, and enforcement activities. Additional experience may be in investiging and reporting on accidents, incidents, and violions. Qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives from the initial applicion in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include informion th provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers evalued further to valide whether the level th you selected is approprie based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as approprie. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evalued on the Leadership and Management Dimensions listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluion, applicants placed in one of the following cegories: score order, cegory grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for considerion. Educion Not applicable. Make sure your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions and answers to the job questionnaire. Additional informion We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigion. A one-year probionary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviion-reled companies. This position is covered by the Department of Transportion’s Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. Any applicant tentively selected for this position subject to pre-employment or pre-appointment drug screening. Persons occupying a “testing designed position (TDP)” subject to random drug and/or alcohol testing. For Leral Movements Between 1825

Specialties:

Check sheets are contained in Order 3410.26, Flight Standards Service Air Carrier and General Aviion Qualificions Assessment Tool for AFS Aviion Safety Inspectors. This order is loced :

Interviews:

If the agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed.

Transition Check Ride:

Successful completion of a Transition Check Ride may be required for this position.

Salary:

Salary iscovered by the .

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS

: Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. Your applicion/resume MUST have your official title, grade and series on your work history. Links to

Important Informion:

, Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IMPORTANT

Applicants may be red on the extent and quality of experience, educion, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantied. Ensure th your applicion package/resume supports your responses. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have – whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. All FAA employees MUST submit their most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50). See further details below. Applicants must submit a copy of their certifices and rings unless they are currently occupying (or previously held) General Aviion (Operions) 1825 Series Position.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR GENERAL AVIATION

(OPERATIONS): 1. Valid, unexpired Flight Instructor Certifice with single and multi-engine airplane and instrument airplane rings. 2. Airline Transport Pilot Certifice OR Commercial Pilot Certifice with instrument airplane ring AND single and multi-engine land airplane rings. 3. Valid second-class FAA medical certifice For Leral Transition between 1825

Specialties:

Please submit approprie Qualificion Assessment Tool (QAT) as contained in

FAA ORDER 3410.26.

Form(s) may be uploaded to your on-line applicion or submitted by mail or fax. If you choose to submit the form via fax, we cannot guarantee timely receipt or assume responsibility for the quality or legibility of the form. Illegible forms will result in loss of considerion.

NOTE:

Please see further details below pertaining to informion required on SF-50. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.

We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creion of resumes. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Duties (be specific in describing your duties) Employer’s name and address Supervisor name and phone number Start and end des including month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008) Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week) Salary (optional) Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide, , for more informion on uploading and re-using the documents in your applicions. Agency contact informion Barbetta Brodie, HR Specialist Phone Fax 1 (817) 222-5852 Address Federal Aviion Administrion ASW Regional HR Services Branch 10101 Hillwood Parkway

AHF-S410

Fort Worth, TX 76177 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: . Important – If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents All FAA employees MUST submit their most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50). See further details below. Applicants must submit a copy of their certifices and rings unless they are currently occupying (or previously held) General Aviion (Operions) 1825 Series Position.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR GENERAL AVIATION

(OPERATIONS): 1. Valid, unexpired Flight Instructor Certifice with single and multi-engine airplane and instrument airplane rings. 2. Airline Transport Pilot Certifice OR Commercial Pilot Certifice with instrument airplane ring AND single and multi-engine land airplane rings. 3. Valid second-class FAA medical certifice For Leral Transition between 1825

Specialties:

Please submit approprie Qualificion Assessment Tool (QAT) as contained in

FAA ORDER 3410.26.

Form(s) may be uploaded to your on-line applicion or submitted by mail or fax. If you choose to submit the form via fax, we cannot guarantee timely receipt or assume responsibility for the quality or legibility of the form. Illegible forms will result in loss of considerion.

NOTE:

Please see further details below pertaining to informion required on SF-50. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.

We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creion of resumes. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Duties (be specific in describing your duties) Employer’s name and address Supervisor name and phone number Start and end des including month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008) Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week) Salary (optional) Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide, , for more informion on uploading and re-using the documents in your applicions. Agency contact informion Barbetta Brodie, HR Specialist Phone Fax 1 (817) 222-5852 Address Federal Aviion Administrion ASW Regional HR Services Branch 10101 Hillwood Parkway

AHF-S410

Fort Worth, TX 76177 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: . Important – If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/23/2025 to 05/13/2025 Salary $105,383 – $137,000 per year Salary cited is including locality payment of 17.06%. Pay scale & grade FG 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Orlando, FL Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less – The job may require up to 25% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential No Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Bargaining unit stus – This position is represented by

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Flight Standards Services. Announcement number

ASW-FS-25-BB202-94958

Control number 835674400 ., .